import multiprocessing

  def calculate(x):
    # here is where I would take this input x (and maybe a couple more inputs)
    # and build a larger library of variables that I use further down the line

    def domath(y):
      return x * y

    pool = multiprocessing.Pool(3)
    final= pool.map(domath, range(3))

calculate(2)

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